Mental strength is the ability to regulate your emotions, thoughts, and behaviors to achieve exceptional outcomes, despite circumstances. It’s the ability to manage internally, so you can lead externally. At work, and in life.
Mentally strong leaders are a calm port in the storm, in control of themselves and their environment, somehow getting sharper when adversity arises, brandishing self-discipline and endurance as a beacon of light. They display their mental strength across the six essential “tests of leadership” that most directly link to exceptional achievement:
*Note: “Messaging” refers to the ability to send the right messages of positivity/intent
Being a mentally strong leader starts with awareness of how mentally strong you are. The Mental Strength Self-Assessment gives you a baseline measurement. It indicates your overall mental strength, and how you “rate” on each key area within (the areas that most correlate with achievement, and that require self-regulation habits for success, as shown in the “brain diagram” above).
The assessment also provides a preview of the habits to build/supporting habit-building tools for each of these components of mental strength (available in the book, The Mentally Strong Leader).
Download and print out the 50 question self-assessment here. (It only takes 15-20 minutes to complete the assessment.) After you’ve answered these questions, you’ll be instructed on how to score your assessment, and what that score means for you. You’ll also get guidance on what habits/habit-building tools (from The Mentally Strong Leader) will help you “level up.”
